From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 21 06:59:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF12916A401 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:59:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5C343D45 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:59:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail01.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2L6xeEP019738 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:59:41 +1100 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2L6xeBq000949; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:59:40 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2L6xcEt000948; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:59:39 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:59:38 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Benjamin Sher Message-ID: <20060321065938.GB691@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <441F4C18.1060102@zebra.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <441F4C18.1060102@zebra.net> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question! -- Almost there! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:59:44 -0000 As mentioned, this belongs on freebsd-qyestions, not freebsd-stable. Also, could you please keep your questions as a single thread - it makes it much easier to follow. On Mon, 2006-Mar-20 18:43:04 -0600, Benjamin Sher wrote: >FreeBS/i386 boot >Default: 1: ad (1,a) default >No /boot/kernel/kernel > >Then > >Default: 1: ad(1,a)/ boot/kernel/kernel >boot: default No default This looks like your install didn't work correctly. When you installed FreeBSD, did you "use entire disk" on ad1 for FreeBSD? If not, exactly how did you configure ad1? If you boot into the live filesystem shell, can you # mount /dev/ad1s1a /mnt If so, what does "ls -l /boot" report? If not, please provide the output of "fdisk ad1" and "disklabel ad1sX" (where "X" is the partition that has a sysid of 165). >By the way, for future reference, what boot manager should I choose next >time I install FreeBSD? Lilo? Grub? If so, where is the option for >installing it? I've never seen any reason to move away from MBR. If you want to use LILO or Grub, you will need to install and configure it yourself - google should find a tutorial. -- Peter Jeremy